Turkish dating traditions

The former high death rate among adult men, the lack of living sons, and, very rarely, quarrels between generations made these large households a minority of all households at any one time.

A vast increase in jobs available in towns and cities has attracted migrant labour in the form of men who work in urban centres, many of whom work in cities still keep their families in the village tilling the land.It has also meant that many village households have uprooted themselves and moved to towns and cities, greatly increasing the urban population.At the same time, through political and administrative pressure and greater efficiency, secularization and modernization have increasingly pervaded the rural areas and small towns.With the exception of a secularist elite, many Turkish people remain committed to a Muslim identity and to an Islamic worldview.Changes in kinship, family, and marriage have resulted from economic and demographic changes.